Congenital malformations of the central nervous system: Clinical approach

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-360

  Hadzagic Catibusic, Feriha ^a   Maksic, Hajrija ^a   Užicanin, Sajra ^a   Heljic, Suada ^a   Zubcevic, Smail ^a   Merhemic, Zulejha ^a   Cengic, Adisa ^a   Kulenovic, Edina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Central nervous system malformations; Prenatal diagnosis; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249105299     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2008.2897     Document Type: Article

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